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CMT Music Awards Announces More Presenters And Nashville Flood Relief

Posted by Webb on 06/08/2010
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The CMT Muisic Awards, airing Wednesday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, includes Country Music presenters Laura Bell Bundy, Gloriana, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift.
 
Other star presenters include Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Spade, Erin Andrews and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.
 
The CMT Music Awards will feature preformances from Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and the Zac Brown Band. 
 
CMT has also announced that the network will make a $40,000 donation to the local affiliate of CMT ONE COUNTRY (their charitable division), Feeding America. The money will provide 160,000 meals for over 400 school age children during the 2010-2011 school year.  
 
The donation is in lieu of celebrity gift bags. Trisha Yarwood, spokesperson for the initiative, said, "I am proud of CMT for coming up with a wonderful way to contribute to the Nashville community of flood victims."